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Conceptual Plan, Original

Conceptual Plan, Revised

Site Plan, Original

Site Plan, Revised

View from Falls Road, Original

View from Falls Road, Revised

View from Hillside Road, Original

View from Hillside Road, Revised

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The Keswick Multi-Care Center in February 2009 released revised plans for its proposed development of the lower 17 acres of Baltimore Country Club's tract in Roland Park. The plan calls for a reduction in the total area of developed square footage from 605,874 to 507,861, a shrinking of 16.17 percent. This said, a glance at the renderings above shows that the general design of the facility is unchanged.

The area reduction is achieved by eliminating four independent-living buildings once slated for the south side of the lot (along Hillside Road). Though it is hard to tell with certainty from the plans, some of this loss seems to be recouped by somewhat enlarging the principal building, which under the revised plan extends further southward than in the original version. There appear to be no other substantive changes visible. (To be sure, the underground parking garage is reduced under the new plan, but this obviously cannot be seen in the plans.)

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The opinions expressed in the above writing are those of the author and do not necessarily reflect the views or stated policy positions of the Roland Park civic associations.